I can understand that you and others don’t like Rick Perry, but I don’t see why it’s necessary to destroy everything he stands for or has accomplished. He’s not a gifted debater nor the most articulate person seeking the nomination, but he has other qualities that are admirable. If you don’t like Perry, don’t vote for him, but be fair. He is not the enemy! I had hoped to learn more about the candidates here, but so far, I’ve found people doing the same things they accuse Perry of doing...taking cheap shots and being mean-spirited. I don’t include you in the group, but some of those attacking him for not being smart etc. haven’t displayed an abundance of smarts themselves!
I don’t see Perry supporters attacking Cain and calling him names like the supporters of Cain are doing. I haven’t decided how I’m going to vote, but I won’t be casting my vote for the “most brilliant” or the “the most intellectual”. We have a history of electing people who are supposed to be so brilliant, and they’ve been a disaster for the country...Obama, Clinton, Kennedy, Woodrow Wilson, and, in my opinion, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I’ll make my decision based on the person’s character and their real conservative values as I understand them. Neither will I vote for someone the media has decided should be the candidate.
Then you need to pay better attention.
This was is left of a thread started by one of Perry's most vocal supporters.
Thank you for that post. The hatred for Perry is sick on this forum.
I know it is probably only about 20 people but they post constantly and get nastier and nastier.
And you are right. The Perry supporters here (some of whom have backed away from posting because of the abuse) are never hateful and ugly about Cain.
I’m probably one of the worst as I have serious doubts about the man but I never tell lies about him or make fun of him.
Anyway, I appreciate your rational viewpoint on all this.
I don’t like Perry, I wish he and Cain would switch tax plans though
The problem is that there were at least 2 good conservative candidates in the running for months, plus the great Sarah Palin waiting offstage, when Perry looked around and decided that he could climb onto the Tea Party bandwagon by chanting some slogans, and move up another notch (which is what career politicians are always trying to do). Perry muddied the waters and destroyed one of the conservative candidates (Bachman) and maybe discouraged another (Palin). Anyone who did his homework would have realized that Perry would fizzle in the debates. (There were also people who warned us that G.W. Bush was not conservative, but they were ignored, also.) We have the chance, in fact we have the need, to select a true conservative this time around...not just another hack who wants to be POTUS. (I wouldn’t be surprised if Pansey Graham thinks he should be POTUS someday; most Senators do).